§ 15-1-103 — General powers of governing bodies

Wyoming § 15-1-103

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 15: Cities and Towns
• Ch. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
• Art. 1: POWERS AND MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

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(a) The governing bodies of all cities and towns may:
(i) Sue and be sued;
(ii) Have and use a common seal;
(iii) Purchase and hold real and personal property
for their use including real estate sold for taxes;
(iv) Sell, convey and lease any estate owned and make
any orders respecting it deemed to be in their best interest;
(v) Perform all acts in relation to the property and
concerns of the city or town necessary to the exercise of its
corporate powers;
(vi) Receive bequests, gifts and donations of all
kinds of property in fee simple, or in trust for public,
charitable or other purposes and do all things necessary to
carry out their intended purpose;
(vii) Control the finances of the corporation,
including providing by ordinance for:
(A) The preparation, maintenance and retention
of required records and accounts;
(B) Any required reports to the director of the
state department of audit's office; and
(C) If deemed necessary the preparation of
independent audits of the financial condition of the city or
town, which shall be conducted by a certified public accountant
or a public accountant who has been in the practice of public
accounting for a period of five (5) years as a principal.
(viii) Appropriate money by ordinance only and pay
all necessary expenses, including supplies, salaries of
employees and debts;
(ix) Levy and collect special assessments against
persons or property to the extent allowed by the constitution
and the law;
(x) Borrow money on the credit of the corporation for
corporate purposes as allowed by the constitution and the laws
and issue warrants and bonds therefor in such amounts and forms
and on such conditions as they determine;
(xi) Take all necessary action to plan, construct or
otherwise improve, modify, repair, maintain and regulate the use
of streets, including the regulation of any structures
thereunder, alleys, any bridges, parks, public grounds,
cemeteries and sidewalks;
(xii) In the manner provided in W.S. 15-7-301 through
15-7-305 vacate from public use any property acquired or held
for park purposes, if:
(A) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(B) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(C) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 15, § 2.
(D) The city or town has held title to the
property for more than ten (10) years and no substantial use has
been made thereof for park purposes; or
(E) The property will be used for public school
or public educational purposes after the vacation.
(xiii) License, tax and regulate any business
whatsoever conducted or trafficked in within the limits of the
city or town for the purpose of raising revenue, and any license
taxes imposed shall be uniform in respect to the class of
business upon which imposed;
(xiv) Regulate or prohibit the running at large
within the city limits of any animals, impose a license fee for
the keeping or harboring of dogs and establish and provide for
the operation of a pound;
(xv) Regulate, license, tax or prohibit saloons and
shooting galleries or places;
(xvi) Suppress or prohibit:
(A) All gambling games or devices except antique
gambling devices as defined in W.S. 6-7-101(a)(x) and authorize
the destruction thereof;
(B) Houses of prostitution and other disorderly
houses and punish the keeper thereof and persons resorting
thereto; and
(C) Other disorderly and vicious practices or
conduct.
(xvii) Restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants and
prostitutes;
(xviii) Regulate, prevent or suppress riots,
disturbances, disorderly assemblies or parades, or any other
conduct which disturbs or jeopardizes the public health, safety,
peace or morality, in any public or private place;
(xix) Declare and abate nuisances and impose fines
upon parties who create, continue or permit nuisances to exist;
(xx) Compel the attendance of witnesses for the
investigation of matters before it and the presiding officer may
administer the requisite oaths;
(xxi) Purchase, lease or rent land within or without
the corporate limits for the deposit of refuse matter, govern
the use of the land and make reasonable rules and requirements
for hauling refuse;
(xxii) Establish and regulate parks, zoological
gardens and recreation areas within the city limits and upon
land owned, leased or controlled outside of the city limits
provided:
(A) The municipal court of the city or town has
jurisdiction to punish any violator of the ordinances of the
city or town governing those areas;
(B) The state game and fish commission is
authorized to furnish to any city or town any game or animals
requested, and the city or town shall pay the necessary
expenses.
(xxiii) Provide for the organization, support and
equipping of a fire department and:
(A) Prescribe rules, regulations and penalties
for governing the department;
(B) Establish regulations for the prevention of
and extinguishing of fires;
(C) Make cooperative agreements or execute
contracts for fire protection in accordance with W.S. 15-1-121.
(xxiv) Prevent the dangerous construction and
condition of chimneys, fireplaces and any other heating
appliance or apparatus used in and about dwellings, factories
and other buildings, and cause any such dangerous condition or
appliance to be removed or replaced in a safe condition,
regulate and prevent the carrying on of manufacturing likely to
cause fires and prevent the deposit of ashes in unsafe places;
(xxv) Prescribe the thickness, strength and manner of
constructing any buildings and the construction of fire escapes
therein, and provide for their inspection;
(xxvi) Provide for the repair, removal or destruction
of any dangerous building or enclosure;
(xxvii) Define fire limits and prescribe limits
within which no building may be constructed except of brick,
stone, or other incombustible material, without permission and
cause the destruction or removal of any building constructed or
repaired in violation of any ordinance;
(xxviii) Regulate or prevent the storage, use and
transportation of any combustible or explosive material within
the corporate limits or within a given distance thereof;
(xxix) Appoint a board of health and prescribe its
powers and duties and:
(A) Establish quarantine ordinances;
(B) Own and regulate convalescent homes, rest
homes and hospitals;
(C) Contract for treatment and preventive
services for the mentally ill, substance abuser and
developmentally disabled as provided in W.S. 35-1-611 through